2010 Events

December 7, 2010

SME-NY Section Annual Holiday Cocktail Event

"Current Trends in the Mining and Metals Industries, and How Financial Markets are Helping Shape the Future Industry"
Karr McCurdy,
Behre Dolbear Capital,
President and CEO




May 25, 2010

"Gold's Bull Market: Are We Approaching a Turning Point?"
Philip Klapwijk,
GFMS Limited, Executive Chairman

Philip Klapwijk is the Executive Chairman of GFMS. As an analyst, he covers the official sector, investment and fabrication demand in North America, Latin America and much of Europe.

Philip holds a degree in economics from the London School of Economics and a Master's degree in the same discipline from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Philip was appointed Group Economist at the former mining conglomerate Consolidated Gold Fields in 1987, where he was responsible for developing the group's economic scenarios as well as participating in the work for the annual Gold Survey. He has worked for GFMS as part of the precious metals research team since 1989.


March 11, 2010

"CPM Group's Outlook for Precious Metals"
Jeffrey M. Christian,
CPM Group, Founder, Managing Director

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October 21, 2010

"Drivers of the Price of Gold"
James Steel,
HSBC, Senior Vice President, Metals Analysts


April 29, 2010

"A Miner's Dream Becomes Reality - Turning Dirt to Gold"
Philipp Englin,
World Steel Dynamics, Manager - Special Projects

"Turning Dirt to Gold" is, in World Steel Dynamic's (WSD's) opinion, a fair description of the "Miner's dream come true" for the global iron ore and coking coal industries since 2003. Philipp Englin of WSD will shed light on the drivers behind this dream-to-reality massive rally in the prices for iron ore, coking coal, and other steelmakers' raw materials, and the consequences of this global phenomenon on the North American marketplace. Philipp will address questions such as: Will global steel production (outside of China) ever return to its pre-crisis peak? Can China's massive appetite for iron ore ever be satisfied? Is North America primed to become a major exporter of coking coal and iron ore to the global markets? The answers to these questions, and others, will play a pivotal role in understanding whether the miner's newfound reality will have durability.

World Steel Dynamics is a "Strategic Information Service" providing critical and new perspectives on possible and probable steel industry developments. WSD regularly analyzes and publishes reports on steel prices, steelmakers' costs, steel supply/demand and steel finances. WSD's steel experience, steel database and availability of steel statistics are unmatched. The WSD international client list includes major integrated and non-integrated steel companies, steel users, equipment and raw material suppliers, financial institutions, money managers, government agencies, metal traders, steel service centers and trade associations.

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